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About Us

An Irish engineering company built for regulated production - designing, building and maintaining material handling and end-of-line systems since 1990.
About Noreside

Engineering for regulated production since 1990.

Noreside Engineering was founded in 1990. A combination of substantial industry experience and a team of dedicated, highly skilled engineers has established us as market leaders, with a reputation for high-quality, hi-tech products and a level of service second to none.

We are Irish-owned and based in Kilkenny, serving food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers across Ireland and Europe.

  • Irish-owned, Kilkenny based
  • Five business units, one contract
  • Mechanical, electrical and automation in-house
  • GMP-experienced engineering teams

Built to work inside the highest regulatory standards.

We are specialists in pharmaceutical and food and beverage production, with a track record of delivering projects and services on sites where the paperwork matters as much as the plant.

  • CE accreditedMachinery delivered with CE certification as standard.
  • Quality management systemQMS users, with documented process behind every project.
  • IPPC licence holdersLicensed for industrial emissions and pollution prevention control.
  • ISO-aligned sitesDelivery on sites operating to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.
  • FDA-regulated sitesExperience working inside FDA-regulated pharmaceutical production.
  • FSSC 22000Projects delivered on food sites complying with FSSC 22000.

Five units, one accountable partner.

Each unit is led by a named engineer who owns your project end to end.

Unit 01

OEM Partners & Spares

Certified distribution and maintenance for nine OEM brands, with spares held against your installed base.

Distribution & spares
Unit 02

Design & Systems Integration

URS and 3D CAD through IBC washing, machine safety and optimisation to validated handover.

Design & integration
Unit 03

Automation

Robotics, PLC and HMI programming, vision systems and AGVs, commissioned and trained out.

Automation
Unit 04

Conveyors

Hygienic, CIP-ready, gravity, inline transfer and pallet handling, fabricated in Kilkenny.

Conveyors
Unit 05

Maintenance Services

Planned and reactive maintenance, SLA cover, site surveys, upgrades and fitter secondment.

Maintenance services
ESG

Dedicated to improving the industries we serve.

Noreside invests heavily in R&D to bring modern, innovative technology and practices to our customers, while promoting sustainability and minimising environmental impact wherever possible.

That runs from where materials are sourced to how much ends up as offcut.

  • Responsible material sourcing
  • Energy-efficient, lean fabrication
  • Custom design to minimise waste
  • Recyclability and circular economy

The engineers who own your project.

Niall Drennan

OEM Partners & Spares

Brian Phelan

Design & Systems Integration

Liam Horan

Automation

Mick Gibbs

Conveyors

Stefan Venter

Maintenance Services

Talk to the unit lead, not a call centre.

Tell us the sector and the service you need and your enquiry goes straight to the engineer who will deliver it.